Post by bigworm on Nov 23, 2006 6:15:53 GMT -5
Ok, the new bearings have been on the shafts for 5 days now. One thing I did the second time was glue the bearings in with the shaft inside the bearings to line every thing up. Be careful not to glue the shaft in the bearing. The first one I did I didn’t do this and had a time getting the shafts in. Also when I put the shafts in last the two bearings were not lined up very well which caused the shaft to bind and get stuck after I pressed and pulled around on the shaft the bearings lined up better. In my opinion it seemed to be a lot better to just glue the bearings and use the shaft as a guide. When you do this the bearings line up better and it is easier to deal with than trying to put in the shafts afterwords. I also used a drop of oil on each bearing the other day figured what could it hurt. The glue I’ve been using is Seal All it is gas and oil resistant so I figured it would hold to the oil impregnated bronze a little better, time will tell though (figured it would also be easier to remove if I ever need to replace a bearing).
The Rock Shed is a good place to get stuff. I order almost every thing I need from them.
MSC is where I order most of my hard ware from. McMaster Carr is also a good place I liked their retaining ring pliers better (90 deg turn is a must).
The 33b stuff for Lortone works with the Chicago Electric stuff. After all the CE is a Chinese knock off of the 33b.
There is an old Chicago Electric post in this section of the board that gives good instructions on how to change out the old motor with a Lortone motor. There is also a post in this section on how to use a pulley from the hard ware store to create motor pulleys out of to speed up tumblers. There are sections talking about the rubber band drive belt in this section as well, a cheap fix but a 33b Lortone belt works perfect. Using bronze bearings to replace the old plastic ones is good information to put to use. One tip I would like to pass on is that I took my old motor pulley from my CE motor and cut off the fan and glued it to my shaft drive pulley. I figured the extra cooling wouldn’t hurt. I've thought about buying the router speed control from harbor freight to slow down my tumbler has anyone tried it? If so does it work?
The information I’ve found in this message board has helped me keep my CE tumbler running. Hopefully the combination of almost all of the advice will have worked out the bugs in the CE tumblers. Some have said the newer tumblers are supposed to have bigger motors I haven’t heard if that has improved motor life, I’d bet that the belts are still junk though.
The Rock Shed is a good place to get stuff. I order almost every thing I need from them.
MSC is where I order most of my hard ware from. McMaster Carr is also a good place I liked their retaining ring pliers better (90 deg turn is a must).
The 33b stuff for Lortone works with the Chicago Electric stuff. After all the CE is a Chinese knock off of the 33b.
There is an old Chicago Electric post in this section of the board that gives good instructions on how to change out the old motor with a Lortone motor. There is also a post in this section on how to use a pulley from the hard ware store to create motor pulleys out of to speed up tumblers. There are sections talking about the rubber band drive belt in this section as well, a cheap fix but a 33b Lortone belt works perfect. Using bronze bearings to replace the old plastic ones is good information to put to use. One tip I would like to pass on is that I took my old motor pulley from my CE motor and cut off the fan and glued it to my shaft drive pulley. I figured the extra cooling wouldn’t hurt. I've thought about buying the router speed control from harbor freight to slow down my tumbler has anyone tried it? If so does it work?
The information I’ve found in this message board has helped me keep my CE tumbler running. Hopefully the combination of almost all of the advice will have worked out the bugs in the CE tumblers. Some have said the newer tumblers are supposed to have bigger motors I haven’t heard if that has improved motor life, I’d bet that the belts are still junk though.
